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A council has been forced to make a U-turn on the introduction of parking fees, following intervention by Govan Law Centre. Argyll and Bute Council has apologised for attempting to introduce parking charges of £9 per day across its jurisdiction.

A Supreme Court justice has suggested laws could be introduced forcing companies to appoint a “designated board member for environmental impact issues” to make directors pay more attention to climate issues. Lord Sales made the comments in a speech entitled "Directors’ duties and c

The use of facial recognition technology by police to search for people in crowds is lawful, the High Court has ruled. Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, sitting with Mr Justice Swift in Cardiff dismissed a challenge brought by Ed Bridges, a former Liberal Democrat councillor from the city, who was represent

In October 2018 the Deputy First Minister John Swinney committed to establishing a financial redress scheme for survivors of historical child abuse in care in Scotland. This will require legislation to be passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government has now launched a public consultati

A man who was required to pay a total of £6,000 in compensation after shouting sectarian abuse at two police officers during a drunken struggle and spitting at a paramedic has had an appeal against what he claimed was an “excessive” amount rejected. John McLellan, who was given a c

Over the past three months, the average selling price of properties in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £259,833 – a five per cent increase compared to the previous year. In Edinburgh, the average selling price was £283,398, a 6.4 per cent increase compared to last

The corporate team at Harper Macleod has advised on the sale of wind turbine installation business Windhoist Group to European fund manager STAR Capital for an undisclosed consideration. Windhoist, an owner-managed business which is headquartered in Scotland but has subsidiaries in Morocco, Ireland,

Lindsay Darroch, one of Scotland’s most respected property lawyers, has joined Aberdein Considine to lead its expansion across the Tayside region. Mr Darroch has taken up a new role as partner with the firm, with responsibility for the firm’s existing Tayside office and its expansion int

A client was so pleased with the service she received from a paralegal at law firm McDougall McQueen that she named her lambs after the employee.

Scottish courts are dealing with increasing levels of serious crime while appeals have declined by 18 per cent since 2014/15, new figures show. The first-quarter figures for 2019-20 reveal a six per cent increase in business at the High Court and a four per cent rise in Sheriff Court solemn and

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Nicaraguan Human Rights Attorney Declared Guilty by Kangaroo Court | Havana Times

A draft guideline on sentencing has been hailed by the Faculty of Advocates as “concise and easy to understand” and a benefit to the public. The sentencing process has been prepared by the Scottish Sentencing Council and aims to set out the various steps taken by judges in making a sente

Google has agreed to pay a record $170 million file and to make changes to protect children's privacy on YouTube after regulators said the site illegally collected personal information from children in order to target them with adverts, the New York Times reports. Critics, however, have said the fin

A man who allegedly drove away from a courthouse was arrested – as he had only five minutes earlier been convicted of drink driving and ordered not to drive for a year. Provincial police in Ontario, Canada, said they arrested the man after he was convicted in the courthouse in Orangeville, CP2

In Aberdeen this week more than 36,000 global oil and gas professionals have gathered to debate, lecture, promote and celebrate the achievements of the energy industry at the biennial SPE Offshore Europe conference and exhibition. Offshore Europe is being hosted for the first time in the city’